UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine attends the Tourism Policy Council Working Group meeting, at the Department of Commerce.(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:15 p.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine meets with representatives from Teach for All, at the Department of State.(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine delivers remarks at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy’s Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA, in Washington, DC. Please click here for more information.(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel to Chile, Peru, and Uruguay through January 19 to meet with government officials and civil society representatives on a range of issues, including on human rights, TIP, social inclusion, youth engagement, democracy promotion, and counternarcotics efforts. In Santiago, Chile, she participates in the Second Regional Latin America Conference of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), organized by the Government of Chile, and delivers keynote remarks at a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Day of Action. In Montevideo, Uruguay, she attends the soft launch of Embassy Montevideo’s Youth Council.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

2:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall accepts the credentials of Ambassador-designate of the Republic of Kazakhstan, His Excellency Kairat Umarov, at the Department of State.(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:45 p.m. Ambassador Marshall accepts the credentials of Ambassador-designate of the Republic of Paraguay, His Excellency Fernando Pfannl, at the Department of State.(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

Assistant Secretary Gordon is on foreign travel to the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES

Assistant Secretary Jones is in on foreign travel in Santiago, Chile through January 10 to lead the U.S. delegation and co-chair the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement’s Environmental Affairs Council and the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Chile Environmental Cooperation Agreement Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Assistant Secretary Jones will also meet with the Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce, local NGOs, and senior officials from the Chilean Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Please click here for more information.

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations Division Affairs Deputy Director General Ambassador Aharon Leshno-Yaar, and Head of the Political Department Ran Gidor, at the Department of State.(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)